What's in a Name?

Romina Angela.

How unique my name sounded to me. Especially because it is he reason why Alex and I met. Long story.

"Romina Angela" was so special, I even got mad when my mom told me that she had a patient with the same name that I had. To make it worse, the parents were even proud that they named their daughter after me! Even my nick name was not left untouched! Grr!

Had I not been held back, I would have given money to the parents just so their newborn baby be supplied with a new name. I mean, come on! Is there really a shortage of names that you have to deliberately copy mine? My parents exhausted a hell lot of brain cells just to come up with a "unique" name then you have the guts to name your child after me? Put some effort into naming your kid! Imagine the pressure your child has to go through because she bears the same name as mine.

Have mercy on the kid. Change her name while she's still not in grade school or better yet, migrate to another province just so the chances of having the child enroll in the same school(s) I went to will be minimized.

It's not easy being Romina Angela especially in a town as small as Pinamalayan. You have to live up to the expectations of the people around you. As I have previously stated, I am no Hollywood superstar but it's almost the same. That name is mine and copying it does not flatter me at all.

NEVER ever copy somebody else's name especially if you and that person are within the same town or in my case, two blocks away. What will you tell your child if he/she asks the etymology of his/her name?

To everyone else out their who's planning on their children's names, be more creative. There are 26 letters in the alphabet and a lot more combinations you could make with those.